Benefits
America's manufacturing sector significantly contributes to the economic viability and success of many communities. When manufacturers, communities, and utilities collaborate on an E3 project, the benefits reach far beyond manufacturers' production lines. Participants realize benefits such as cost savings and economic growth, increased competitiveness, and progress toward environmental and climate change goals.
Manufacturers
- Achieve significant cost savings from increased process efficiencies and reduced waste.
- Implement state-of-the-art—and profitable—sustainable business practices.
- Drive entry into new markets with technical support.
- Create and retain jobs.
- Access funding through federal and state programs.
- Provide workers with enhanced skills and capabilities.
Communities
- Improve the profitability and competitiveness of existing manufacturers.
- Enhance the ability to attract new business.
- Stimulate the local economy by creating new, well-paying jobs and helping to retain existing ones.
- Train and equip workers with the skills necessary to compete in a global economy.
- Minimize the frequency of abandoned manufacturing facilities.
- Enable utilities to expand manufacturing customer base without increasing capacity.
- Catalyze meeting local government's environmental and climate change goals.
Utilities
- Demonstrate investment in the local communities.
- Strengthen and stabilize industrial rate-payers.
- Achieve environmental and climate change goals.
